Synopsis
Reverend Willie Pou has observed many cases of social injustice in American society for many years, which he believes from a moral perspective, are unfair. There are two cases he is profoundly interested in at this time. In his words they are both deeply and morally troubling to him. He further believes; that they should be brought to the attention of other like-minded Americans. As for the moral issues surrounding these two cases that have aroused Reverend Pou's interest this time; the first case is about the medical doctor from New Orleans, Louisiana who used morphine to overdose four elderly patents, but was found not guilty by a jury of her peers. The second case is about a young African-American who was a National Football League (NFL) superstar from Atlanta, Georgia who bet on dog fights and was found guilty by a single Judge, not of his peer group; and then sent to jail for inhumane treatment of dogs. It is a known fact that the doctor's actions ended the lives of four elderly patients under her care, during the storm of Hurricane Katrina through a process identified as euthanasia. However, in contrast the football player was accused of destroying dogs that were injured after the dogs lost a dog fight. The justice system in these two cases appears to have used a legal discretionary right to discriminate against the one who was charged with what appears to be the lesser crime. The courts demonstrated this unspoken discretion in these two cases and in separate municipalities and courts with different Judges. The medical doctor in the Louisiana case was adjudicated in a Louisiana courtroom and not indicted for allegedly having overdosed four patients on morphine; causing the deaths of all four. The NFL superstar on the other hand was accused of "cruel and inhumane" treatment towards dogs; for his crimes he was prosecuted and sentenced to prison for allowing his dogs to fight each other for profit. This book is a fascinating read about the legal discretio
About the Author
Reverend Pou refers to himself as a country boy straight from the Mississippi bottoms. He was born on October 31, 1950, in a small town in Mississippi by the name of Waynesboro. During his first three years of school he attended school in a real schoolhouse which served as both the town's church and school. After leaving that school, he went on to attend a school in downtown Waynesboro by the name of Riverview High, where he was an active student. He was on the basketball team and played a musical instrument (the Tuba) in the band. According to Reverend Pou it was the best high school band in Mississippi. One of the reasons, he believed the band was so great, he thought was the jazzy music played; he said: "the band won all their competitions". It was said: "Jackson State has never seen a band that could sight read music the way this band did". Reverend Pou remembers a time during one of his basketball games that he retrieved a rebound ball, and the official called a foul on him. He had moved so rapidly during the rebound that he failed to observe the position in which he had landed, on one of the other player! The official said to him, look under your knees; his knees were in the other team's player's back. He said: "I was motivated to rebound the basketball, because I enjoyed the girls screaming when I jumped for the basketball". Reverend Pou graduated from high school in 1967 and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services and Management from the University of Phoenix. Reverend Willie Pou eventually moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he has resided since May 20, 1970. He is active in both his church and community. He sings in three different choirs; two of them at Second Baptist Church of Las Vegas where he is a member. The other is a community choir known as GMWA Silver State Choir. Also, Reverend Pou preaches at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church. Before coming to Las Vegas, he was engaged to two beautiful ladies at the same time, a Cre
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